Piccoma ( ja, ピッコマ, Pikkoma) is a Japanese
webtoon
Webtoons (), are a type of digital comic that originated in South Korea usually meant to be read on smartphones.
While webtoons were mostly unknown outside of Korea during their inception, there has been a surge in popularity internationally ...
subscription service that is available on
smartphones,
tablets, and
personal computers
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. It was developed and released by
Kakao piccoma Corp., the Japanese subsidiary of
Kakao
Kakao ( ko, 카카오) is a South Korean internet company that was established in 2010. It formed as a result of a merger between Daum Communications and the original Kakao Inc. In 2014, the company was renamed Daum Kakao. The company rebrande ...
.
Service
When the service was first launched, it offered a regular model of buying each individual manga and volume similar to other online shops but it has since moved to adopt the
webtoon
Webtoons (), are a type of digital comic that originated in South Korea usually meant to be read on smartphones.
While webtoons were mostly unknown outside of Korea during their inception, there has been a surge in popularity internationally ...
model where a user can purchase individual chapters and wait 24 hours to read some for free. Korean webtoons that are offered on Kakao's services (Daum Webtoon & KakaoPage) are offered through Piccoma in Japanese.
Kakao Japan announced that it will start offering original Japanese, Korean, and Chinese webtoons for Piccoma in the summer of 2018. Kakao Japan changed its name to Kakao Piccoma Corporation in Nov. 2021
in 2018 they founded the manga award "Piccoma AWARD"
in November 2021, it announced its expansion in Europe and North America, and in September of the same year , it also revealed that it had established a local subsidiary in France . On March 17 2021, Kakao launched its French language service of Piccoma which includes translated webtoons as well as translated manga.
See also
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Kakao Webtoon
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KakaoPage
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LINE Manga
is an online manga and webtoon platform and smartphone app operated by Line Corporation. It originally launched with just licensed manga titles but soon expanded to include original webtoons.
Overview
Line first launched its manga service in 201 ...
References
External links
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{{Kakao
Kakao
Manga hosting services